Wednesday, December 21, 2011

SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T GET IT and would rather have houses built than a beautiful piece of forest. The La Crosse trails are potentially in trouble and need your help. Please go to the link below to find out more information and sign a petition to stop a housing development on the LaCrosse trails.

The La Crosse City Council is considering whether to designate a city owned tract of land on the bluffs above the city, Upper Hixon Forest, as a park or to use the land for housing developments. This petition is to encourage them to designate as a city park. This will protect the land and the shared use trails that have been built there by HPT volunteers. These trails already provide a greater positive economic impact for the community than any housing development would likely provide. Please send a message to them in support of the park designation before January 10, 2012. This petition will be delivered to the mayor and every city councilor.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

There has been some comments in the past about the conflict of the Pugsley World Championships and CIRREM taking place on the same date. It is unfortunate, I've heard great things about CIRREM and I wish we could have made something else work, but we couldn't. I'm sorry, you're just gonna have to choose to race your 3.7 + inch tire bike or your 1 - inch tire bike. Regardless, you have a couple of options to have on fun on February 25.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

This Saturday (Dec. 10) we will hold the December meeting as one big happy family above Oneota River Cycles.

Pot-Luck Style. Feel free to bring food - I'll be impressed if we end up with something other than equally large piles of High Life and Doritos, but it will be a pot luck none the less.

And for you fat bike loving freaks (such as myself) - FROSTCHESTER - is the first of an annual event that we will be holding here in Rochester. All you need is a fat bike or someone who has one and how to have a good time outside in the ice and snow.

It will be more of an end of the 2011 season gathering - with a few business items to talk about. I haven't been to town in about a month, but the snow is on the ground in Minnesota. If you were thinking about taking up snowboarding this winter - keep in mind - bikes are faster. Any bets on if Doug could take this guy on skis?

DHPT 2016

Decorah Human Powered Trails builds and maintains over 26 miles of off road single track trails for mounatin bikers, trail runners and hikers in the Decorah Park system as a division of the Decorah Park and Rec Department.